Sam Reinhart Tops Stars Of The Week

2 goalies follow, but which ones? Read to find out.

Sam Reinhart was awarded top Star of the Week this past week while leading the NHL in goals. 2nd was Martin Jones of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and 3rd was Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets. Hellebuyck was also named a December Star of the Month.

Sam Reinhart

Sam Reinharts had 5 goals and one assist this past week to earn top honors in the week. He had a pair of game-winning goals during 3 away games. The Panthers’ win streak sits at 8 games and they are 2nd in the Atlantic with 54 points. He concluded this week with a hat trick in an 8-4 win at Colorado on the 6th. The third goal was a power play goal, his 13th of the season.

Martin Jones

Martin Jones led the Leafs to 3 wins, holding 1 shutout in the 3 games. He had a 0.66 goals-against average and a .976 save percentage this week to sweep a three-game series in California. He allowed only 2 goals on 83 shots, starting the series off with a 31-save shutout.

Connor Hellebuyck

The third star of the week is the star goalie of the number 1 team in the NHL, the Winnipeg Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck. He started 3 games last week and won all 3 of them. He had a 1.68 goals-against and a .937 save percentage in those three games. Winnipeg is on a 7-game win streak and a 13-game point streak to climb to the top spot in the league with a record of 27-9-4 and 58 points. Hellebuyck has been a main part of their 30-game streak of allowing 2 or fewer goals, 2nd all-time. First is the 2014-2015 Minnesota Wild with 35 games.

Winnipeg currently leads Vancouver by 1 point.